Category Archives: Local News
Police Beat for Saturday, December 30th, 2023
Salem Police arrested 33-year-old Chad Burgess of Salem Mobile Home Park for violation of an order of protection. He was taken to the Marion County Jail on Friday. Salem Police arrested 48-year-old Sa...
Dec 30, 2023
Illinois enacts law to legalizing fuzzy dice hanging from rearview mirrors
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Fuzzy dice finally will be free to dangle in Illinois. Starting Monday, police in Illinois no longer will be allowed to pull over motorists solely...
Dec 30, 2023 FILE - A selection of scented car air fresheners manufactured by the Car Freshener Company at it's headquarters and main plant located in Watertown, N.Y., are shown in this Feb. 23, 1996. Starting Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, police there no longer will be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror on their windshield. That means air fresheners, parking placards and, yes, even those dice are fair game to hang according to a revised Illinois windshield rule. (AP Photo/Michael Okoniewski)
Centralia City Council approves increase in water and sewer rates
The Centralia City Council has approved an increase in water and sewer rates. The annual increase based on the consumer price index, which is 2.9 percent this year, was approved. In addition, the coun...
Dec 29, 2023 Centralia City Manager Kory Smith.
Centralia Pool Committee tells city council new outdoor pool not currently feasible
The Centralia Pool Committee made their final report to the city council Thursday night saying the city should not pursue a new outdoor pool at the present time. Committee member Amanda Marshall noted...
Dec 29, 2023 The old Fairview Park pool that has been torn out.
Centralia Chamber donates money to help with new downtown holiday lights
Centralia Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marcus Holland says money raised through Balloon Fest is helping to fund the new holiday lights in downtown Centralia. He says the inception of this pr...
Dec 29, 2023 New downtown Christmas lights centerpiece at Broadway and Locust Street intersection.
Illinois suspends star basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. following rape charge
By ANDREW SELIGMAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Illinois suspended basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. on Thursday after he was charged with rape for an alleged incident that happened...
Dec 28, 2023 Illinois' Terrence Shannon Jr. passes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
1 to 1.5 inches of snow recorded in overnight snow storm; more on the way
Another weather system is expected to cross South Central Illinois early Thursday night providing some additional accumulations in grassy areas, but not expected to create travel problems. Through sev...
Dec 28, 2023
Odin man charged in Marion County Court with aggravated criminal sexual abuse
A 20-year-old Odin man has been formally charged in Marion County Court Thursday morning with criminal sexual abuse to a 13 to 17-year-old girl while being at least five years older. Landon Furlong wa...
Dec 28, 2023
Salem man ordered held without bond following more vehicle thefts and high-speed chase
Judge Christopher Hantla has ordered a Salem man facing multiple new charges for vehicle theft and from a high-speed Christmas night chase to be held without bond pending further court action. The dec...
Dec 28, 2023
Former Salem woman who claimed she was being threatened by men with guns formally charged in Marion County Court
A 33-year-old former Salem woman faces two felony charges after allegedly claiming she was being threatened by armed men inside Biggies Cafe on Route 161 at I-57 on Monday morning. Ashley Pohlman, who...
Dec 28, 2023 File photo: Marion County Courthouse.
